Snow for the Colorado mountains Tuesday a welcome sign for lagging snowpack

The Colorado mountains have another shot at some much-needed snow Tuesday. Bring it. The statewide snowpack is still nearly 25 percent off its 30-year average. Snowpacks in the mountains range from a decent 81 percent in southwest Colorado to an alarming 64 percent in the northwest part of the state.

The San Juan mountains — including Crested Butte, Ridgway, Ouray and Telluride — could pick up 6 to 8 inches tomorrow. A winter weather advisory is in effect from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Snow showers are expected across the mountas, but little if any should reach the Front Range. Denver is expected to be sunny with a high near 38 Tuesday, but there’s a 30 percent chance of snow after 11 p.m. At most, the metro region would pick up a half-inch or less, the National Weather Service says.

Denver has a 20 percent chance of snow showers until about 11 a.m. Wednesday. Temperatures are expected to vary from the mid-30s to the lower 40s through the weekend, with sunny skies each day.

The normal high temperature for each day this week is 46 degrees.

It’s been cold this month. The daily average temperature has been 22.9 degrees, more than 8 degrees colder than normal. Eight days have seen highs below freezing. Saturday bottomed out at 3 degrees. My bones are still aching.

In other news, it’s 108 days until June.

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